Reviews by puboflyons:

Pours from the 12 fl. oz. bottle with no obvious lot code or expiration date. Sampled on July 17, 2009. The Tap has a lot of excellent brews and I expect that the ones they sell in the bottle are the more popular ones at the brewpub. HaverAle Cream Ale is a great example of what they do. It pours a slightly cloudy amber with little to no head. The aroma is an enticing scent of sweet malts and fruit. A creamy mouthfeel. Roasted malts are the leading element in the taste followed by a little fruity trim and a dry finish. Very nice. Better on tap I expect. (559 characters)

Drinkability: I think this is a slightly above average cream ale. It is smooth and malty. However--the hops in the aftertaste are pronounced compared to other cream ales I have had. I could have two or three. (421 characters)

M- Very light and easy going over the tounge. Nice carbination that seemed to dance over the palate before swallowing.

D- Nice session beer to have on a summer day with friends. Or else would make a good go to beer before drinking higher ABV beers.

This is the second beer I have had from this brewery and I must say I enjoy their beers quite a lot. Nothing to over the top but then again they don't produce bad beers. Kind of wish I had them instead of Mishawaka Brew Co. here. (829 characters)

Poured into an imperial pint glass. Color was a light gold with a very thin head and constant carbonastion rising from the bottom. Aroma was slighty sugary sweet with some buttery aroma. Taste was a plain sweet with small amounts of spiciness that hit towards the end. Felt good in the mouth, coated well and had a bit of carbonation. Very easy to drink, went down smooth. (372 characters)

"When I haver. Well I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man that's haver'n next to you." - The Proclaimers, 500 Miles

Clear gold with a hearty new pillow case white head. Several sheets of lace with pointilist dots in-between. On tap at the Tap. Ha!

Aroma is crisp, light cereal grains. Not malty or fruity but grainy and inviting. Taste has some fruit but primarily clean grain. It's smooth enough for a cream ale but lacks any real crispness.

Maybe it was the experience that made this beer so appealing but on one of the first hot, Summery, long weekends of the year drinking this with the Sox game on after a short hike was pure bliss. How's that for a run on sentence. (678 characters)

A- Pours out a hazy, light yellow with a one finger head that has half-way decent retention. Some light, spotty lacing is left around the glass. A small cloud and good ring are left on top of the beer. Suds seem pretty sticky and stay on the glass for some time.

S- Smell has little to it. There are some light malts and light fruits (apple, pear) hop notes. The strength is pretty weak as well.

T- Taste is much of the same. Kind of tastes like white grape juice/pear/apple. The light malts are present in the background as well as a tiny bit of grassy hops. Not much going on here but a semi-fruit juice taste.

MF- Mouthfeel is pretty good. The body is a bit creamy with a moderate level of carbonation. The light fruit flavors stick to the palate for a bit.

DB- Drinkability is alright. The price of the beer is good but the taste and aroma are pretty bland. I could really bash this beer but what for a cream ale is supposed to be (and what people have told me about them), this really isn't too bad of an example. The smell needs some work but the taste isn't bad for the style. I could probably session this but probably won't have it again. (1,154 characters)

Poured a golden amber with barey any head or carbonation. Head was very white and disapeared in seconds.

Smelled kinda fruity, maybe apples. Taste was malty goodness.It's a great cream ale, i wish I saw more of this style. Great afternoon brew. Like I said great session beer. Wish it was availible here in ME. (344 characters)

A: The beer is a deep gold color, with a thin off-white head that fades quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is of caramelized malts, some spice, some fruit and a little bit of hops.

T: The taste is decently balanced but leans to the malty side with flavors of caramel, spice and some fruit. There's a good hops presence for the style and there's also a touch of smokiness. The after-taste is slightly bready and slightly sweet.

D: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, it's a decent beer that's worth drinking for a while, but typically I'd go for something a bit more flavor and a bit more strength. (778 characters)

pours a clear golden color. it's not easy to coax a head out of, as a result there is just a film for the most of the duration of the beer.the aroma is a soft cake-y grainy malts. it's got touches of vanilla. it's somewhat gingerbread-y with emphasis on the bread.the taste is fairly similar to the aroma (minus the slight gingerbread aspect) with a little bit more of a dry fruit component. it's got some breadiness up front and turns very clean a lager-like towards the back end with some herbal hops evening things out.the mouthfeel is fairly light with a moderate carbonation. it's got very nice texture.the drinkability is quite good, it's very refreshing and has some nice sweetness in parts, but crisp bitterness in others. for sure something i could hoist a few of in one sitting. (792 characters)

Pours a three finger white head that fades quickly to a thin layer, leaving traces of lace. Crystal clear pale amber color. Light carbonation and light bodied. Nose is too vague to describe. Flavor is light hay with hops. Would make a good lawnmower beer. $1.85 for a 12oz bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, Ma. (312 characters)

Pours a pale orange, topped with a fizzy cream colored two finger head, doesn't go right away but doesn't exactly stick around. Better than some of the Cream Ales I've had (Genesee).

Smell is nutty with light malt but not any whiff of hop, slight lager yeast smell. Always seems to give me a slight headache with the smell.

Taste is also nutty, but hazelnut in particular, light fruityness- nothing distinguishable, more light malt and yeast. For a Cream ale - Pretty damn good, for a beer against all other beers - it's eh.. (527 characters)

I haven't had very many cream ales, and the only one that stands out in my mind is Genesee. If anything, it is a unique flavor and experience, well worth a try for that alone. It is a drinkable beer, I think I like it, but I'm not entirely sold on the style. It pours a clear pale amber with a slightly creamy, but smallish, white head. The aroma is vanilla malts, and some funky yeast smells. The aroma is not pungent, not bad, but not overly enticing either.

The taste is a tad bit vanilla cream, a bit of a creamy or buttery corn or other similar vegetable, some dryish malts, maybe a tad bit of caramel, if any. There isn't much alcohol or huge hop flavors popping through, and the beer is of medium carbonation. There is a bit of a cream soda like taste to this beer. There is a spiced up bite in the finish and perhaps that is where some herbal hops make themselves present. The beer isn't particularly sweet, but I wouldn't rule out some sweetness entirely in the mid section, although it does dry out a bit by the finish. Not a bad beer, pretty drinkable, but not a go back to type of beer either. (1,106 characters)

A: Pours a clear gold with quickly-dissipating head that leaves almost no lacing.

S: Nothing overpowering with the smell; mostly sweet malts and a tinge of citrus.

T: Sweet malts primarily, but a nice late hint of hops finishes it off. Light and sweet.

M: Mouthfeel is on the lighter-side of medium. Very easy-drinking brew that doesn't leave any aftertaste.

D: At 4.5%ABV, and considering how thirst-quenching this one is, I could definitely session this on a hot summer's day. A good one to have around for when I don't feel like flexing the palate, so to speak. (663 characters)

This beer poured a clear straw colored yellow - perhaps one of the most clear beers that I have come across. White half finger head with relatively no retention to it, wispy lacing left behind. Nose is very, very bready, touch of corn, slightly sweet - perhaps some caramel malts but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Taste is where you can pick up on the caramel malts, much heavier malt in taste than in the nose. Slight bite of sweetness, but also quite bready. It actually reminded me of an alcoholic cream soda. This is an extremely light bodied beer, that like the taste, reminded me of drinking a cream soda. Light to medium carbonation, crisp and clean finish. This was fun to try - especially to support a local brewery, but I would pass on this one in the future. (776 characters)